Dales High Way – Sat 13 May
From Petra Bijsterveld… The Dales High Way is a Punk Panther ultra event along the long distance walking route of the same name, which roughly runs parallel to the Settle and Carlisle Railway. 90 miles and 14,600 ft take you from Saltaire to Appleby-in-Westmorland via Skipton, Settle, Dent and Sedbergh. As well as being beautiful […]
Fairfield Horseshoe – Sat 13 May
From Alison Weston… Brilliant day for this popular race (14.5km + 914m) in the Lakes and even more runners than usual as it was an English champs race. Ben Rothery had an excellent run to come 3rd overall in 1:18:21 and only 10 seconds behind the winner, with Abbie 2:29:33:and myself 2:10:56 Results
Harrogate and District Summer Race League #1 – Thu 11 May
From Alison Bennett… The first race of the season in this friendly summer league was organized by Knaresborough Striders. A dozen Ilkley Harriers congregated in Horseshoe Field for a squidgy start across the grass before heading out towards the main Conyngham Hall entrance and turning onto a 2 mile stretch of the Beryl Burton Cycleway. After […]
York Evensplits 5k – Fri 12 May
From Helen Waddington… A good turnout from IH at this month’s race which was held on a dry evening which, despite a bit of chilly breeze, produced some good times and placings. Results (1 Joseph Wilson, North East Project 15:03) 19 Dave Foyston 17:04 (1st v45) 36 Michael Abrams-Cohen 18.11 59 Beth Massey 20:00 (1st v50) […]
Harrogate and District Summer Race League #1 – Thu 11 May
From Alison Bennett… The first race of the season in this friendly summer league was organized by Knaresborough Striders. A dozen Ilkley Harriers congregated in Horseshoe Field for a squidgy start across the grass before heading out towards the main Conyngham Hall entrance and turning onto a 2 mile stretch of the Beryl Burton Cycleway. After […]
Rudding ParkRace 10k – Tue 9 May
From Hilda Coulsey… This is an unusually well rewarded trail/ cross country race. The grounds of Rudding Park Hotel and Golfclub are delightful and, with some 130m of elevation and several quite muddy sections on mostly parkland, the race is a challenge particularly noticeable in the last section uphill having already run a little more than10k […]
Jack Bloor Race – Tue 09 May
From Paul Stephens… 14 Harriers enjoyed a warm spring evening (no midges yet) for the Jack Bloor races. I have been helping for the last few years, but was able to run this year and really enjoyed it. Only my second fell race since before Covid, but also my second this month. I do like […]
Ilkley Gazette report w/c 8 May
From Jill Ezard… It was an uphill start in May for the Harriers with trail and fell races offering the challenges. It was a bumper week for Ilkley Harriers with several members representing the club at National and County level. Friday saw a tough challenge on the trails for Nathan Edmondson who took part in […]
Jack Bloor Race – Tue 09 May
From Paul Stephens… 14 Harriers enjoyed a warm spring evening (no midges yet) for the Jack Bloor races. I have been helping for the last few years, but was able to run this year and really enjoyed it. Only my second fell race since before Covid, but also my second this month. I do like […]
Addingham Gala Fell Race – Sun 7 May
From Petra Bijsterveld Photo credit Colin Williams, Jack Wood The Addingham Gala is normally held in July but was moved forward this year to coincide with the Coronation Bank Holiday weekend. The fell race made a welcome return after absences due to COVID (2020 and 2021), in 2022 the Gala was not staged after the […]